Google removes 2 popular Android apps that enabled click fraud

collected by :Maya Tony

As it stated in Google finally took action after eight Cheetah Mobile and Kika tech apps were allegedly involved in ad fraud last week. The company found that these 2 apps contained code that can be used to execute ad fraud out of several techniques. It's hard to know if Cheetah Mobile knowingly indulged in click fraud at this point. Kika tech alextremely brushed off the allegations and said it found no evidence of click fraud in its apps. These companies can appeal to Google to restore these apps on the Play store, but they going to certainly have to take constructive actions to avoid ad fraud.

The best Android apps of 2018, according to Google

Google has come out by its picks for the highest Android apps of the year and its choices might surpheight you. The company published its end-of-year lists highlighting the best of Google Play, and it rewarded language-learning app Drops by its highest honor. Drops, that can help you learn words in 31 different languages, was named the best app of 2018 by the company. In the "best self improvement" category:Mimo, an app that can help you learn to write code, was named best self improvement app. And finally, YouTube TV, Google's television service for cord cutters, that was voted as the highest "fan favorite" app.

Google Play-promoted Android apps are using scammy ad practices, report says

As it stated in Eight Android apps by more than 2 billion downloads in the Google Play store have been engaging in fraudulent ad practices, BuzzFeed News announced today. Seven of the apps are owned by Cheetah Mobile, a publicly-traded Chinese company, and one app is owned by Kika Tech, a Chinese company headquartered in Silicon Valley. In a normal installation process, downloaded apps going to check that link or ad the consumer clicked on to see where to attribute the download. In some cases, Cheetah Mobile's apps were programmed to launch the newly downloaded apps themselves in order to get credit for the installation, according to the report. Update 11/27/18 12:42pm ET: Two of Cheetah Mobile's apps, Battery Doctor and CM Locker, have been removed from the Play store.